Prayer Book

Shelfmark The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 71 H 56

Origin & date I: North Holland (Amsterdam?), Gheertruut Claesd. Vermolen (scribe of second part); c. 1450-1500. II: Eastern part of the Northern Netherlands; c. 1460-1480

Physical description

Vellum, ff. 168 (103+65), 142x105 (I: 88x60; II: 85x60) mm, 21 lines, I: littera textualis, II: littera hybrida. Dutch. Binding: contemporary brown leather, blind (panel-stamped)

Illumination

I: 2 illustrations in the margin; penwork initials with pen-flourishes in two North-Holland styles (`S-curve'; ff. 1r, 15r, 16r, 64r, 88r, etc.) and `coarse-leaf-and-eyelashes'; ff. 48r, 72r, 76v, 83v, 85v, etc.)

Provenance

Purchased in 1803 at an auction at J. Thierry and C. Mensing, The Hague (coll. of May, J.A. Naber, a.o.; cat. 10 October, nr. 815)

Bibliography

Libri Theol. 1922 - Monasticon Windeshemense 1976-1984, III (1980), p. 28. - Brandhorst & Broekhuijsen-Kruijer 1985, no. 191. - Nieuwstraten 1989, p. 92. - Wüstefeld 1989, p. 39 nt. 94, p. 40. - The Hague 1992, no. 68, fig. - Inventaris 2 1993, p. 77

All catalogue fields

Type	Manuscript book
NU	xx
Language of record	nl
Source project(s)	MSS; BYVANCK; KBMSS
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 71 H 56
Title (index form)	Prayer Book in Dutch
Language of origin code	nn
Place of origin	North Holland (Amsterdam?)
Date of origin	1450-1500
Scribe	Gheertruut Claesd. Vermolen
Decoration style	North Holland penwork (`S-curve'); North Holland penwork (`coarse-leaf-and-eyelashes')
Related names/collections	Thierry, J. & C. Mensing, The Hague (auct., 1803)
Cataloguer's note	ask 5-99
Language	Dutch
Language (Dutch)	Nederlands
Classification code	01 A 41
Geographic code	01 NL 02 NH AM; 01 NL 02 NH

2 illuminations catalogued

f. 1rmargin

Christ-child holding Instruments of the Passion: scourge and reed(?)

1450-1500

11D233 73D82(REED)(+3)73D82(SCOURGE)(+3)

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	477
Sequence (global)	5661
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 71 H 56
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 71 H 56
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd. B&BK 1985: 'Christuskind met Arma Christi'
Scene order key	1r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 71H56_001R_RANDV.JPG

f. 15rmargin

St. Margaret of Antioch

1450-1500

11D12 11HH(MARGARET)52

All catalogue fields

Sequence no.	478
Sequence (global)	5662
Shelfmark	The Hague, KB, 71 H 56
Shelfmark (Dutch)	Den Haag, KB, 71 H 56
Type	manuscript illumination
Cataloguer's note	tgvgd
Scene order key	15r
Language of origin code	1 Northern Netherlands
Note	Not available = 71H56_015R_RANDV.JPG